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Agitate vs Excitate - What's the difference?

agitate | excitate |

As verbs the difference between agitate and excitate

is that agitate is to move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel while excitate is to excite.

agitate

English

(Webster 1913)

Verb

(agitat)
  • To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel.
  • ``Winds . . . agitate the air.'' --Cowper.
  • (rare) To move or actuate.
  • :(Thomson)
  • To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated.
  • The mind of man is agitated by various passions. --Johnson.
  • To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated.
  • :(Boyle)
  • To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs.
  • Synonyms

    * move, shake, excite, rouse, disturb, distract, revolve, discuss, debate, canvass

    excitate

    English

    Verb

    (excitat)
  • (obsolete) To excite.
  • (Francis Bacon)
    (Webster 1913) ----